One person died in this accident near Milan Wednesday morning.
Courtney Sacco | AnnArbor.com
One person died after an accident on northbound U.S. 23 near the Carpenter Road exit just outside of Milan Wednesday morning, a Huron Valley Ambulance spokeswoman said.
“The person was under the car,” said Joyce Williams, a spokeswoman for Huron Valley Ambulance.
Emergency responders were called to the expressway at 10:07 a.m. Wednesday. Southbound U.S. 23 was closed near the crash site, a dispatcher with the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office said.
Sgt. Mark Thompson of the Michigan State Police said the vehicle was headed north when the driver lost control and ended up in the southbound lane. Police characterized it as a rollover accident.
At 12:10 p.m., both the northbound and southbound lanes of U.S. 23 were closed as investigators took measurements.
Both north and southbound lanes on U.S. 23 were reopened around 12:30 p.m., according to Washtenaw County dispatch.
It was the second fatal accident of the morning in Washtenaw County. A 38-year-old man died in a crash on Whittaker in Ypsilanti Township a few hours earlier.
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